Category Archives: Beyond the Headlines

Today, I would like to return a favour done on my behalf eight years ago, also in the runup to a municipal election. Yesterday, Jim Harrison made it official, confirming that he would not run for a 4t...

In the modern world, you either keep changing and evolving, or you find yourself at the mercy of forces out of your control. Yesterday, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that German submarine manuf...

Just because Donald Trump says something, doesn't mean it's false. Two of his many famous one-liners over the past few years is that Canada has been underspending on defence, and that we had become to...

It is a day of endings and beginnings, of transitions and finality, of joy, of hope but also of melancholy. Of course, I am speaking of the last day of school. When we were young (many years ago for m...

Ontario's push to build tens of thousands of new long-term care spaces has taken root in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. A special ceremony was held yesterday to celebrate the completion of a new facilit...

The latest twist in a generational project to connect some of Canada's biggest cities could have it heading to Kingston. A media event was held in the Limestone City yesterday to release details of a ...

There are two NHL franchises in the great province of Ontario, but one seems to be much more aware of where they are than the other. The Ottawa Senators just completed a major trade, sending campaign ...

The strength of any organization is the people who make it work. As I attended yesterday's ceremony to mark the 190th anniversary of the Belleville Police Service, I was struck by the amazing history ...

As Belleville Police celebrate their 190th anniversary today, we have received another huge reminder of the most important way they keep us safe everyday. Yesterday, they released details of a series ...

I work for the most amazing private broadcasting company in the world (Starboard Communications), so you won't usually hear me taking the side of our public broadcaster against a private company. Toda...